Golf club



March l0. 1925;

E. R. CARPENTER GOLF CLUB Filed Got. 16, 1922 MIM@ at and State ofMichigan, have invented new Patented Mar. l0, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE.

GOLF CLUB.

Application led October 16, 1922. Serial No. 594,734.

To all 'whom z't may concern lBe it known that I', EDWARD R. CARPEN-TER, a citizen `of the United States, residing Grand Rapids, iii thecounty of Kent and useful Improvements in Golf Clubs, of which thefollowing is a specification.

-The present invention relates to golfclubs, i. e.,. the instrumentsemployed'iii the game of golf to drive or propel the balls; and itsobject is to provide such an instrument liaving a handle portion and abody portion provided with means for readily adjusting the weight of thebody portion as may be desired by the individual player.

This object is attained by, and the iiiveii# tion finds preferableembodiment in, the. instrument particularly described in the body ofthis specification and illustrated b v the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a view of a golf 'club or golf stick looking towardthe front edge of the body portion thereof, said body portion beingpartially sectioned on a vertical plane corresponding to line 1-1 ofFigure 2;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of said body portion, its neck being brokenaway; and

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view ofsaid body portion taken online 8 3 of Figure 1.

In the views, a golf club or golf stick is lshown, having a handleportion designated generally 1 and a body portion 2 wherewith the golfball is struck to drive or pi'oa pel the same. This body portion ispreferably made of Sonie light and stiff material as aluminum and has aneck 3 extending inclinedly-iipwardly therefrom as seen in Figure 1.This body portion and its neck are hol- 'low throughout, being a shellinclosing a chamber l which extends continuously through the' neck to aport 5 at the necks outer extremity. This port is closable, preferablyby the handle portion l itself, which ings or liereinbefore extends inthe direction of the neck and is provided at its lower end with suitablemeans for detachable connection with the hollow neck to close the saineand the chamber in the body portion. Such means is and the like, areintroduced through the\ hollow neck into the chamber 4 to supply theadditional weight desired by the player, `and a suitable packingmaterial 13, lighter than the'weights, as cotton waste and the like,niay be likewise thus introduced to hold the weights tightly in place inthe chamber.

It will be readily understood that the weight of the golf club andparticularl of its body port-ion may be easily ,adj/11ste to suit theindividual liking of the user of the instrument.

ed out in the claims, is not to be limite to or by details ofconstruction of the particular i embodiment thereof illustrated by thedrawshown or described.

I claim:

In a golf club; a body portion having a i neck inclined relativelythereto, and a chamber extending through the meek; an elongated handleportion extending in the direction of the neck and adapted to bedetacli- 80 ably connected thereto to close the chamber; weightsandpacking material in the chamber adapted to ass thereinto aridtherefrom through the neclk.

In testimon my hand at rand Rapids, Michigan, this 13th day of October,1922.

' EDWARD R. CARPENTER.:

preferably the i threaded lower end 6 of the ferrule 7 whose 50 socket 8receives the lower end of the shaft or the joint 55 The invention, beingintended toA be ointwhereof I liavefliereunto set- 85.

